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Level 1A and 1B Homework.:    

• PRACTICE at least 4 times per week
• Your daily practice may take 10 to15 minutes .

Use the chart to remind yourself what to work on:
bring Practice chart to class for checking at beginning of class

Continue to check BOW GRIP and instr. HOLD POSITION , standing/sitting position              

Practice 3 rhythms on all strings : Mrs.sippi hot dog,
                                Mrs.sippi, Mrs sippi ELBOW does the work

and RUN PONY, RUN PONY
that is, long-short,short bows
 

Remember: FOR GOOD SOUND:- straight bow- stays parallel to bridge

- solid bow grip

- all of arm weight rests on hand and therefore the string

- pull up and down using wrist to keep bow straight

REVIEW: PLACEMENT OF LEFT HAND FINGERS

fingers are little hammers- stay in curved shape

slide left hand towards end of string (nut) till knuckle and "happy face" are  in place

finger tip presses firmly onto string

should sound like doh- ray-listen for correct sound 

 pluck string 0-1 ie., open (no fingers)-then one finger down

then draw bow for same notes

 

practise on every string-"0-1 string cycle"

YOU ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS- KEEP AT IT!

 

LEVEL 2

PRACTICE 5 times per week- BRING CHART TO CLASS

Daily Practice Assignments:

• Listen for perfect tuning ALWAYS
• Scale of D and G -after one time, play in slurs, 2 notes per bow

• Finger exercise -very quick 0-1 on each string
• Duet # 79
• Jolly Old St Nicholas- cellos practice "check-marked" bars especially
• Lightly Row (cello ensemble-3rd part) and Twinkle -review only

NEW- O Come Little Children-#89  watch full and half bows, eg. UH-upper half

                                                                   LH- lower half,and WB whole bow.

Be ready to play this through correctly next week!

 

Looking forward to making music with you TUESDAY

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